Barracuda Championship
June 30th – July 3rd, 2016
Montreux G. & C.C.
Reno, NV
Par: 72 / Yardage:
Purse: $3.2 Million
with $576,000 to the winner
Defending Champion:
J.J. Henry

This week’s field includes:
There is nobody in the top-50 of the world rankings playing in Lake Tahoe. The field includes 2 players in the top 100 in the latest Official World Rankings, #65 Gary Woodland & #77 Brendan Steele.
Here are the 26 players that are between 101 and 200 in the rankings: #101 Colt Knost, #104 John Senden, #106 Bryce Molder, #107 Kyle Reifers, #112 Cameron Tringale, #114 Chez Reavie, #123 Ben Martin, #128 Jonas Blixt, #140 Alex Cejka, #145 Cameron Smith, #146 Siwoo Kim, #147 Patrick Rodgers, #152 Thomas Aiken, #155 Will Wilcox, #165 Hiroshi Iwata, #168 Sunghoon Kang, #170 Zac Blair, #173 Chris Stroud, #196 Martin Piller and #198 John Huh.
The field includes three players in the top-50 on the FedEx point standings for 2016. The highest rank player is #42 Kyle Reifers, followed by #45 Colt Knost and #50 Brendan Steele..
The field includes nobody in the top-50 on this year’s PGA Tour money list. The highest rank player is #51 Colt Knost.
The field includes eight past champions: J.J. Henry (2015 & ’12), Geoff Ogilvy (2014), Gary Woodland (2013); Matt Bettencourt (2010), John Rollins (2009), Parker McLachlin (2008), Steve Flesch (2007) and Will MacKenzie (2006)..
A perfect way for fantasy golfers to check on the past performance of all the players in the Barracuda Championship field is our performance chart listed by average finish. Another way to check who is the best is through a special formula worked out in Golfstats that gives us the best average performances at the Barracuda Championship field in the last five years or check out our sortable 8-year glance at the Barracuda Championship field.
A good cheat sheet is this list of odds from the top bookmakers in England.
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Time to look at our who’s hot and who isn’t:
Who’s Hot in the field for the Barracuda Championship
Player | Quicken Loans | BMW Inter. | U.S. Open | FedEx St. Jude | Lyoness Open | Memorial | Nordea Masters | Dean & DeLuca | Irish Open | BMW PGA | AT&T Nelson | The Players | Wells Fargo |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jon Rahm (144 pts) |
T3 (90) |
DNP | T23 (54) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP |
Colt Knost (133.33 pts) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | T18 (32) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | T67 (0) |
DNP | DNP | T4 (53.33) |
T3 (45) |
T41 (3) |
Gary Woodland (117.33 pts) |
T21 (29) |
DNP | DNP | CUT (-10) |
DNP | T4 (53.33) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T12 (25.33) |
T28 (11) |
T24 (8.67) |
Brendan Steele (113 pts) |
T39 (11) |
DNP | T15 (70) |
DNP | DNP | T20 (20) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T57 (0) |
T14 (12) |
Robert Garrigus (111.67 pts) |
T8 (50) |
DNP | DNP | T50 (1) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T4 (53.33) |
DNP | T28 (7.33) |
Kyle Reifers (92.33 pts) |
T44 (6) |
DNP | DNP | CUT (-10) |
DNP | T20 (20) |
DNP | 5 (46.67) |
DNP | DNP | T10 (26.67) |
T64 (0) |
T41 (3) |
Andrew Landry (79 pts) |
DNP | DNP | T15 (70) |
T41 (9) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T75 (0) |
DNP | DNP |
Ken Duke (76.67 pts) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | T9 (45) |
DNP | T69 (0) |
DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
T3 (45) |
DNP |
Wes Roach (74.33 pts) |
T29 (21) |
DNP | DNP | T18 (32) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T18 (21.33) |
DNP | DNP |
Rob Oppenheim (68.33 pts) |
T10 (40) |
DNP | T37 (26) |
T41 (9) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | T71 (0) |
Bryce Molder (63 pts) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T10 (26.67) |
DNP | DNP | T24 (17.33) |
T12 (19) |
DNP |
Michael Kim (59 pts) |
T29 (21) |
DNP | DNP | T16 (34) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | DNP | T34 (10.67) |
DNP | T69 (0) |
John Senden (52.33 pts) |
T29 (21) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T11 (26) |
DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | DNP | T41 (6) |
CUT (-5) |
T17 (11) |
Tim Wilkinson (48.33 pts) |
CUT (-10) |
DNP | T61 (0) |
CUT (-10) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | T47 (2) |
DNP | DNP | T4 (53.33) |
DNP | T11 (13) |
Shawn Stefani (45 pts) |
T44 (6) |
DNP | DNP | T9 (45) |
DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | T34 (10.67) |
DNP | DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
T72 (0) |
CUT (-3.33) |
Sung Kang (44.67 pts) |
CUT (-10) |
DNP | T18 (64) |
CUT (-10) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | DNP | T34 (10.67) |
DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
Seung-Yul Noh (43.67 pts) |
CUT (-10) |
DNP | DNP | T7 (55) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | T42 (5.33) |
DNP | DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | DNP |
Luke Guthrie (38 pts) |
T72 (0) |
DNP | DNP | T12 (38) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | 73 (0) |
DNP | DNP |
Brett Stegmaier (35 pts) |
CUT (-10) |
DNP | DNP | T9 (45) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | T65 (0) |
DNP | DNP | T66 (0) |
DNP | T71 (0) |
Spencer Levin (35 pts) |
CUT (-10) |
DNP | T65 (0) |
DNP | DNP | T57 (0) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T4 (53.33) |
CUT (-5) |
CUT (-3.33) |
Sam Saunders (35 pts) |
T21 (29) |
DNP | DNP | T34 (16) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
Tyrone Van Aswegen (34 pts) |
T57 (0) |
DNP | DNP | T18 (32) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | T42 (5.33) |
DNP | DNP | T63 (0) |
DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
Thomas Aiken (33.33 pts) |
DNP | DNP | CUT (-20) |
CUT (-10) |
DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | T4 (80) |
CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
Abraham Ancer (32.67 pts) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | T18 (32) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T49 (0.67) |
DNP | DNP |
John Merrick (32 pts) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | T18 (32) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T63 (0) |
DNP | DNP |
How Player Rankings are Computed
Who’s Not Hot in the field for the Barracuda Championship
Player | Quicken Loans | BMW Inter. | U.S. Open | FedEx St. Jude | Lyoness Open | Memorial | Nordea Masters | Dean & DeLuca | Irish Open | BMW PGA | AT&T Nelson | The Players | Wells Fargo |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Carlos Ortiz (-58.33 pts) |
CUT (-10) |
DNP | CUT (-20) |
CUT (-10) |
DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
CUT (-5) |
T65 (0) |
Brendon Todd (-38.33 pts) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT (-10) |
DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
CUT (-5) |
CUT (-3.33) |
Brendon De Jonge (-36.67 pts) |
CUT (-10) |
DNP | DNP | CUT (-10) |
DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | T57 (0) |
CUT (-3.33) |
Dicky Pride (-36.67 pts) |
DNP | DNP | CUT (-20) |
CUT (-10) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | DNP |
D.J. Trahan (-36.67 pts) |
DNP | DNP | CUT (-20) |
CUT (-10) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | DNP |
Greg Owen (-35 pts) |
CUT (-10) |
DNP | DNP | CUT (-10) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | DNP | T79 (0) |
CUT (-5) |
CUT (-3.33) |
Jeff Overton (-31.67 pts) |
CUT (-10) |
DNP | DNP | CUT (-10) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | DNP | T58 (0) |
CUT (-5) |
T65 (0) |
Cameron Smith (-30 pts) |
CUT (-10) |
DNP | T59 (0) |
CUT (-10) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
Morgan Hoffmann (-29.5 pts) |
CUT (-10) |
DNP | DNP | CUT (-10) |
DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T49 (0.5) |
CUT (-3.33) |
Jason Gore (-29 pts) |
WD (-5) |
DNP | DNP | CUT (-10) |
DNP | T48 (1.33) |
DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
CUT (-5) |
T41 (3) |
How Player Rankings are Computed
Who to watch for at the Barracuda Championship
Best Bets:
Gary Woodland
2016 | ’15 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 | ’08 | ’07 | ’06 | ’05 | ’04 |
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Win |
Hits it a ton, has played this event once and won so it’s easy to see who the favorite is.
Brendan Steele
2016 | ’15 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 | ’08 | ’07 | ’06 | ’05 | ’04 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
T7 | T25 | 4 | T8 |
He is 13th in driving distance and 52nd in par breakers so look for him to do very well this week. Colt Knost
Best of the rest:
Jon Rahm
2016 | ’15 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 | ’08 | ’07 | ’06 | ’05 | ’04 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
First time playing in this event |
More info:
Played great in his professional debut at Congressional, with his tour card on the line and very little time to get it look for him to play great this week and be in contention.
Martin Laird
2016 | ’15 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 | ’08 | ’07 | ’06 | ’05 | ’04 |
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T6 | T2 | T4 |
Watch him has three top-6s in his three starts.
Kyle Reifers
2016 | ’15 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 | ’08 | ’07 | ’06 | ’05 | ’04 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2 | T73 |
Can’t forget the runner-up from last year, he is 116th in driving distance and 49th in par breakers.
Ricky Barnes
2016 | ’15 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 | ’08 | ’07 | ’06 | ’05 | ’04 |
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T18 | T8 | 62 | T21 | CUT |
Has played well in this event, 99th in driving distance and 70th in par breakers.
Solid contenders
Andres Romero
2016 | ’15 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 | ’08 | ’07 | ’06 | ’05 | ’04 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
WD | T27 | T2 | 3 | CUT |
Has struggled this year coming into this event only making five cuts in 14 starts, but he has a good record in this event.
Steve Flesch
2016 | ’15 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 | ’08 | ’07 | ’06 | ’05 | ’04 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
T7 | T21 | CUT | T3 | T31 | T34 | Win |
Another of those players that do well in this event and loves to play in it.
Rod Pampling
2016 | ’15 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 | ’08 | ’07 | ’06 | ’05 | ’04 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
T29 | 5 | T26 | T54 | T18 | T21 | 8 |
Hit’s it long and has not played terribly this year.
Geoff Ogilvy
2016 | ’15 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 | ’08 | ’07 | ’06 | ’05 | ’04 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CUT | Win |
This event saved his career two years ago, he would love to do it again.
Long shots that could come through:
Patrick Rodgers
2016 | ’15 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 | ’08 | ’07 | ’06 | ’05 | ’04 |
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3 | T39 |
Was 3rd last year.
Seung-Yul Noh
2016 | ’15 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 | ’08 | ’07 | ’06 | ’05 | ’04 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
T7 | T31 |
Looking to get back into the winning frame of mind again, was T-7th in this event in 2013.
Justin Hicks
2016 | ’15 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 | ’08 | ’07 | ’06 | ’05 | ’04 |
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2 | T26 | CUT |
Was runner-up in this event in 2014.
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